Eye-popping edible party centerpieces and potluck pleasers made with legendary American brand name products. These festive original recipes reflect the retro sensibility Charles is famous for. Don’t just eat your food, have fun with it too! And serve it up with a great big helping of American pride!

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The Other Cheeze Cake !!! ...

Of course, Kraft Macaroni and Cheese is one of my all-time faaave foods. I want some NOW !!! ... So I thought it was HIGH time I boiled up a box, or five, and added it to some dyed-to-match cake batter.

Each Year About This Time, The Entire Town Is Ablaze And Abuzz With 1000s Of Modders Gathered From Far And Wide To Live And Love Mid-Century Modernism More Than They Ever Have Before

Valentine’s Day Just Got More COLORFUL !!! ...

Before I nearly tripped over the Sweethearts candy standee virtually blocking a graceful entrance to at the almighty Party Store a few delightful days ago, I had no idea Sweethearts had been around for 150 Valentine’s Days. That’s a long time in candy years.

The Ultimate Dessert

Nothing says HOLIDAY DESSERT like a CHERPUMPLE! It’s an original recipe from the Charles Phoenix Test Kitchen, and the most talked-about new dessert to come along in years. Cherpumple is short for CHERry, PUMpkin and apPLE pie – the three pies each baked in a layer of cake. Cherry pie in white cake; a pumpkin pie in yellow cake, and apple pie in spice cake!